| When fall comes and football is in full force | | | | grandmothers silver while living a beer and chip life |
| women around the country begin to use the | | | | style. Use the punch bowl filled with ice to chill |
| phrase football widow. I can attest to a few | | | | soda and beer. Use the serving trays for |
| Saturdays and Sundays where the TV in our | | | | homemade hoagies and pesto pizza squares. Then |
| home is going all day and my husband is glued to | | | | serve dessert on silver plates using the silverware |
| his favorite chair. | | | | for this one course. |
| After our first football season together where his | | | | Prepare early. Have all the food cooked and |
| team was 15-1, I decided to start hosting football | | | | served before the games begin. This way you |
| parties. This way I can see my friends while he | | | | can sit back and socialize while your guests are |
| can watch the game. | | | | watching the game. |
| Here are some simple steps to making Saturday | | | | Serve all the food in a buffet style. Place plates |
| and Sunday as fun for the rest of the family as it | | | | and cups along side bottle openers and napkins. |
| is for the men. | | | | This allows guests can serve themselves. |
| Pull the dinning room and kitchen table to the living | | | | Keep a recycle bin and garbage bin close at hand |
| room. This way you can set up a buffet that is in | | | | so that your guests can find them without having |
| the room where the TV is. By doing this you are | | | | to venture too far from the game. |
| not creating competition between the kitchen or | | | | Then sit back and relax. When you join in the fun |
| dinning room and the living room. | | | | by planning a party your family and friends will no |
| Then dig out the silver. I have found that this is a | | | | longer use the dreaded phrase football widow. |
| great venue to satisfy my desire to use my | | | | |